elution








verb (used with object), e·lut·ed, e·lut·ing. Physical Chemistry.

  1. to remove by dissolving, as absorbed material from an adsorbent.

verb

  1. (tr) to wash out (a substance) by the action of a solvent, as in chromatography
n.

“washing, purification,” 1610s, from Latin elutionem (nominative elutio) “a washing out,” noun of action from past participle stem of eluere “to wash out, wash off, clean,” from ex- “out” (see ex-) + luere “to wash” (see lave).

n.

  1. The chromatographic process of using a solvent to extract an adsorbed substance from a solid adsorbing medium.
  2. The removal of antibody from the antigen to which it is attached.

  1. The process of extracting a substance that is adsorbed to another by washing it with a solvent.♦ The substance used as a solvent in elution is called an eluent. ♦ The solution of the solvent and the substance that was adsorbed to another is called the eluate.
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